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Samajwadi Party (SP) is a political party in India and is primarily based in Uttar Pradesh. It describes itself as a democratic socialist party. It is one of several parties that emerged when the Janata Dal (People's League) fragmented into several regional parties. SP came into existence on October 4, 1992 in Lucknow under the leadership of Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Currently, the Samajwadi Party is led by former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav after he was chosen as the Party chief in the National Convention held on 1 January 2017.

The SP-Congress alliance was defeated by BJP in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, 2017. The polls in UP were held from February 11 to March 8, 2017 in 7 phases and the results were announced on March 11.

In the 2012 Assembly elections, Samajwadi Party had scored 29% votes in seats contested winning 224 out of the 401 seats it contested.